Curtain ring and eye



May 26, 1931. H REUBEL l 1,807,551

CURTAIN RING AND EYE Filed June 21, 1929 TNESSES H g L ATTORNEYS Patented May 26, 193i UNITED STATES PATENT orifice HENRY REUBEL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE KROIJER REUBEL COL, INCOR- PORATED, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK CURTAIN RING AND EYE Application filed June 21,

This invention relates to curtain rings and eyes therefor, the object being to provide an improved construction wherein the eye may be readily clamped in place on a continuous wooden ring or on a divided metal ring.

Another object is to provide an eye for a wooden ring wherein the loops are folded in the opposite direction with one loopclamping the wooden ring.

A further object of the invention is to provide an eye which may not only be used for a wooden ring, but may clamp the abutting ends of a metal ring and hold the ends together, while at the same time providing a strong, rigid eye structure for the ring.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a secional View through a wooden ring and eye mounted thereon, said eye disclosing an embodiment of the invention' Figure 2 is an elevation of a metal ring divided at one eye and provided with an eye similar to that shown in Figure 1, said eye covering the dividing point of the ring;

Figure 3 is a sectional view through Figure 2 on the line 33;

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail fragmentary sectional view on the line 4t of Figure 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates an ordinarywooden ring now in common use and known as'a curtain ring. Heretofore screw-eyes or other means were used toconnect eyes to the ring, whereby a curtain may be supported thereby. Certain disadvantages have been found in the use of screw-eyes and other fastening means, and consequently, in the present invention an eye 2 has been provided which eliminates screw-eyes or other similar fastening means. In forming the eye 2 the same is formedfrom wire and bent in one direction for forming the pin-receiving eye member 5 and coiled also in thesame'direction to form the ring-clamping member 7, said member 7 encircling the ring 1. It will therefore be seen that the eye structure 5 1s first formed and then the wire is bent for forming a short section 6, after which it is formed into the circular clamp 7 having the end 8 upturned. In this way a good contact 1929. Serial No. 372,734.

with the ring 1 issecured. Also, this form of eye is applicable to the metal ring 9 shown in Fi s. 2 to 4 inclusive. Ring 9 is preferably fhrmed from wire round in cross-section. This wire is comparatively stiff and of a length sufficient to make a complete ring. The ring 9 is provided'with a pointed end 10, as shown inFig. 4c, and a notched end 11, said end 10 fitting into the notch 11 when the ring-9 has been completely formed. In applying the eye member 2 the clamping ring 7 is pressed around the juncture formed by ends 10 and 11, as shown in Fig. 4. As this eye member is formed from half-round wire, a comparatively wide gripping surface is presented, whereby the ends of points 10 and 11 are covered, as well as gripped by the gripping action of the clamp 7 Half-round wire is preferable for the ring 9, in that it presents a wide contact surface and thereby properly clamps the ring at the juncture of the two ends, as shown in Fig. 4. If the wire were round in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 1, the action would not be quite the same, as there would not be suliicient contact surface to attain the results secured by the structure shown in Fig. 4. It will, of course, be evident that the rings 1 and 9 may be made of any desired size and the eyes associated therewith will be made of corresponding sizes.

What- I claim is 1. ii curtain ring and eye, comprising a ring and an eye therefor, said eye being formed of half-round wire with one portion looped to produce an eye structure, the remaining portion looped toproduce a clamping portion, said clamping portion being of a size to encircle and clamp part of said ring, said loops being made on the same side of the wire, so that the flat side will engage the ring and will also be positioned interiorly of the eye structure.

2. A curtain ring and eye, comprising a metal ring divided at one point and an eye clamped to the ring at the point of division thereof, said eye being formed of wire'having a flat surface, said wire being bent into two loops, one acting as an eye structureand the other as a clamping structure, said loops facing in the same direction, said clamping structure encircling that partof said ring which forms the abutting ends of the ring.

3. A curtain ring and eye comprising a metal ring formed of round Wire bent to pro-' duce a ring structure and formed so that the abutting ends Will overlap, an eye member formed of Wire flat on one side and provided with tWo loops facing inthe same direction, the flat side being positioned. interiorly. of the loops, one loop acting as an eye structure and the other as a clamping structure, saidclamping structure covering and gripping said overlapping abutting ends.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 19th day of June A. D. 1929.

HENRY REUBEL. 

